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The Cheap Detective is a 1978 American mystery comedy film written by Neil Simon and directed by Robert Moore. It stars Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh, a parody of Humphrey Bogart. The film is a parody of Bogart films such as Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon.
Jun 23, 1978 · A parody of Humphrey Bogart's movies, starring Peter Falk as a detective in San Francisco, 1940. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, read user and critic reviews, and find out more about the plot and trivia.
Peter Falk plays a detective who imitates Humphrey Bogart in this parody of Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon. Roger Ebert criticizes the movie for being a lazy and unfunny rip-off of classic films.
53% Tomatometer 17 Reviews. 57% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings. In this satire of film noir, Lou Peckinpaugh (Peter Falk) is a San Francisco detective in the boozy, wise-cracking tradition of ...
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A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress—his partner's wife.
A comedy film starring Peter Falk as a private eye in San Francisco, 1940, who gets involved in a mystery involving Nazis and a treasure. The film is a parody of Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon, with references to Bogart and other classics.
